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A former MP accused of fiddling £12,900 of parliamentary expenses will be
tried by a jury. Denis MacShane, the former Europe minister, is accused of
forging 19 invoices in the name of the European Policy Institute, claiming
payment for translation and research work between 2005 and 2008.

At Westminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday Mr MacShane, a former BBC
journalist who is now in a relationship with Vicky Pryce, did not indicate a
plea to the charge of furnishing false information relating to accounts
under the Theft Act 1968.

He was released on unconditional bail to appear at Southwark Crown Court on